It cannotbreathe in what is spoken of as "this materialistic age.
On the other hand, some places breathe an ineffable sense of blessedness, of unearthly promise.
It was not pleasant to sit there craning one's neck round to breathe at the window, for the seats ran lengthways of the carriage, and keeping all crushed up to keep out of the way of a cross fire of tobacco juice from the opposite benches.
Watched the heavy dark shelf above, stared at the cool white snow outside, wished that all smokers were exiled to Virginia or Cuba, or that they were compelled to breatheup their own smoke, until the morning broke cold and foggy.
Should any one else interrogate you, say to him what you have said to me, but do not breathe a word of this letter.
Morrel began again to breathe freely, which he had not done during the last ten minutes.
Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness?
I swear to you by him who died for us that naught shall induce me to breathe one syllable to my jailers; but I conjure you do not abandon me.
Then, after seeing her eyes closed, and hearing her breathe gently, he believed she had dropped asleep, and left the apartment on tiptoe, closing the door after him with the utmost precaution.
Dantes was alone in darkness and in silence--cold as the shadows that he felt breathe on his burning forehead.
Danglars' feelings were hurt, and not wishing to put himself under obligations to the brute, the banker threw himself down again on his goat-skin and did not breathe another word.
Scarcely able to breathe in the hot, stagnant air, caked with foul mud to the waist, we attained the higher ground, and dropped helpless.
I could hear the unfortunate manbreathe in the silence, but Fagin's eyes threatened.
The like assimilation goes on between men of one town, of one sect, of one political party; and the ideas of the time are in the air, and infect all who breathe it.
It is that on the Earth we breathe without being conscious of the act, and obtain oxygen without exertion, not being compelled with difficulty to convert venous into arterial blood by the absorption of oxygen.
But do not think that the Earth is much superior by reason of our being able tobreathe whilst we are asleep.
The oxygen we breathe can itself be considered as a nutritive substance, inasmuch as it combines with the principal aliments absorbed by the stomach, and completes the formation of the blood and the development of the tissues.
Delightful task, to rear the tender thought, To pour the new instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Towards night he lay silent, and only continued to breathe with difficulty, when a slight convulsion gave his freed spirit to the unknown regions of existence.
Everybody else who had stable-work to do finished it before he, and when at last he felt at liberty to leave the mine and start towards the upper world and the fresh air he longed so ardently to breathe again, he was alone.
It was the pungent smoke of burning wood; and by the time they fully realized its presence the air was thick with it, and tobreathe seemed wellnigh impossible.
The air of that confined space was already heavy and close, with eight men to breathe it, and eight lamps to consume its oxygen.
Then with the opposite hand she holds the breast, placing her thumb above and her fingers below so as to keep it from the baby's face, for only in this way can the infant breathe freely.
Such measures aim, first of all, to make the infant breathe for itself, and if breathing does not begin promptly we resort to artificial respiration.
Although nitrogen, which constitutes four- fifths of the atmosphere, is taken into our lungs in breathing, we make no use of it, butbreathe it out in precisely the same condition as we take it in.
If with mists of evening dew Thou dost nourish these young flowers Till they grow in scent and hue Fairest children of the hours[,] Breathe thine influence most divine On thine own child Proserpine.
He had begun to breathe so quickly that he stopped for a moment.
He began to breathe quickly because he was waiting for something.
But we cannot understand the meaning of that life, nor feel aright the love and help that breathe from it, unless we think of it as a field of continual and diversified temptations.
Do our prayers move any to taste the devotion and joy which breathe through them?
It is strange presumption thus to brush aside the Passover, and in effect to say, 'I abrogate a divinely enjoined ceremony, and breathe a new meaning into so much of it as I retain.
The consciousness of redemption is the one master touch that evokes the gratitude which aches to breathe itself in service.
It is a wretched thing to be persecuted out of one's Christianity in the old-fashioned fire and sword style; but it is worse to be laughed out of it or to lose it, because we breathe an atmosphere of unbelief.
The solemn instructions as to what was to be done in the case of rejection breathe a spirit the reverse of sanguine.
After a concealment he would breathe freely again, perhaps for several nights, only to collar the Man with the Gash in the very act of unearthing the sack.
Then, and still most casually, she reclined across him, so that he could breathe between her arm and breast, and when she lowered her head her ear pressed lightly against his lips.
When once out on the open sea, they began to breathe more freely.
As the wind was fair, the voyage did not last long, and glad enough he was when the cutter got alongside the big frigate, and he with the rest being ordered on board, he could breathe the fresh air which blew across her decks.
He now began to breathe more freely, hoping, for the sake especially of Madame La Roche, that the sergeant would be satisfied when they were not found in the house.
Once or twice I stopped for short intervals to breathe and listen; but there were no noises from the camp!
With the noiselessness of disembodied spirits we moved stealthily along the deserted streets, but not until we were within sight of the plain beyond the city did I commence to breathe freely.
As it was becoming perceptibly difficult to breathe Tardos Mors arose, saying, "Let us bid each other farewell.
It was good, too, to feel that perfect new sense of freedom which the mere turn of a day had given him; to breathe that larger air of manhood which he felt was his to have and to hold.
What I have heard comes from no third party; I love and esteem my nephew so well that had any one dared to breathe a word against him, that person would have felt the weight of my displeasure.
What an exquisite pleasure to lie there and breathe in all this wonderful peace, for it was like a taste of heaven.
Whenever we are ready to breatheor absorb Truth into our consciousness, we get a revealment--'inspiration giveth understanding.
Cruel tongues would cease their wagging, timid hearts could breathe again, and fair names bloom in every home.
Soul, receive into thyself the warm and radiant life of heaven, to breathe it out again as spiritual fragrance over other lives, and so change this wilderness-world into the garden of the Lord!
Our only refuge was Switzerland, but I cannotbreathe among the mountains, and so, after a while, we stole to an obscure corner of the south, and for a time we were tranquil.
I seem to breathefor the first time for many years.
She felt that, if she would keep hold upon her bodily strength, she must breathe the outer air.
Like a whirlwind came The Highlanders, the slaughter spread like flame; And Garry thundering down his mountain-road Was stopp'd, and could not breathe beneath the load Of the dead bodies.
He could scarce believe that yesterday he had frosted his left ear while he brought a bucket of water up from the river, and that it had made his lungs ache to breathe the chill air.
That is how much his heart just then was set upon writing a story that would breathe of the plains.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "breathe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
